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![New iSTOXX Metaverse index to underlie thematic ETF from LGIM](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/LGIM-Metaverse-1-intro-900x350.jpg)
The new fund was listed on Sept. 7 and replicates the iSTOXX® Access Metaverse, an index tailored around a custom methodology aimed at tracking the key beneficiaries of a nascent theme in our modern world.
![Scout24 to join DAX ESG Target index as Hellofresh exits; Siemens Energy enters DAX ESG Screened](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO552-DAX-ESG-Review-Sept-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
Scout24 to join DAX ESG Target index as Hellofresh exits; Siemens Energy enters DAX ESG Screened
Changes were announced as part of the September regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.
![Turning negative into a positive: SDI AOP platform expands dataset to include information on companies’ products and services that are inconsistent with achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO549-SDI-AOP-original-2-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Turning negative into a positive: SDI AOP platform expands dataset to include information on companies’ products and services that are inconsistent with achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) helps investors assess companies’ contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. With the latest enhancement to its dataset, investors can also imbed information around products and services that have a negative impact.
![Stocks resume pullback in August on outlook for higher interest rates](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PO-Aug-22-Market-wrap-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index dropped 4.1% in dollars last month, taking its retreat in 2022 to 17.9%. Investors are bracing for even tighter monetary policy as central banks fight higher-for-longer inflation.
![Nomura AM lists currency-hedged EURO STOXX 50, DAX ETFs in Tokyo](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nomura-AM-lists-currency-hedged-EURO-STOXX-50-DAX-ETFs-in-Tokyo_intro.png)
The funds track yen-hedged versions of the two European flagship benchmarks and come amid increasing Japanese demand for foreign assets.
![Investors’ integration of ESG grows despite volatility, market pullback: IIA survey](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO547-IIA-ESG-survey-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Investors’ integration of ESG grows despite volatility, market pullback: IIA survey
About 85% of respondents in the Index Industry Association (IIA)’s second annual ESG survey indicated ESG has become more of a priority for their firms in the past year, even as equity prices fell and energy markets were roiled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
![New DAX review timeline to reduce trading risk for index trackers](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO546-intro-900x350.jpg)
In modifying how DAX composition changes are fixed and publicized every quarter, Qontigo is providing index trackers more visibility and a more stable base upon which to trade the changes and replicate the index.
![Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO540-WTW-QA-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus
“Counting molecules of carbon is the essential first step to tackling climate change, but it’s only the start,” says the director at WTW’s Climate and Resilience Hub. He explains why investors should focus on a company’s current climate-transition risk by understanding what the impact will be on its future cash flows.
![BlackRock’s iShares launches tech-focused thematic ETF of ETFs powered by STOXX indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO539-3rd-option-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
BlackRock’s iShares launches tech-focused thematic ETF of ETFs powered by STOXX indices
The Australia-listed iShares Future Tech Innovators ETF seeks exposure to companies driving the technological innovation that’s disrupting our modern world, by investing in six thematic ETFs. Target investments include the themes of automation & robotics, breakthrough healthcare and digitalization.
![ESG fund flows show resilience amid 2022 market sell-off](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO543-intro-900x350.jpg)
This year has seen a steep slowdown in net purchases of global ESG funds, but inflows remain positive. Broader funds, meanwhile, registered USD 139 billion in net outflows in the first six months of 2022, according to Morningstar data.
![Three different DAX benchmarks to build distinct German ESG portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO490_intro-900x350.jpg)
Investors can access three different German benchmarks that follow an ESG strategy designed to meet specific needs and responsible objectives, and that have the same rules and transparency characteristics as the blue-chip DAX index.
![Stocks jump by most since 2020 in July on interest-rate outlook, earnings beats](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO542-original-2-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index gained 7.9% in dollars last month, its best monthly showing since November 2020. The index is still down 14.4% in 2022.